Soap-dispenser



A. ASEL.

SOAP DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7. 1919.

1 157,925. Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

Jnventor Adolph" AseL witne sses Attarney A. ASEL.

SOAP DISPENSER.

APPLICATION F|LED FEB. 7, 1919.

Patented NOV. 2,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

wiinesses -2 um PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPH ASEL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SOAP-DISPENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed February 7, 1919. Serial No. 275,601.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AnoLrrr AsEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soap-Dispensers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel construction of a device for dispensing soap and the principal object of the invention is to provide means for shaving small particles from a cake of soap and delivering it through a suitable outlet provided in an inolosing casmg.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for feeding the cake of soap to the shaving means and also to means for holding the cake in proper position.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of the device.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top view, with parts broken away to show the interior construction.

Fig. 4 is a cross section.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section.

Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views.

In these views 1 indicates a case provided with a hinged top 2 and the securing flanges 3 at one of its sides, whereby the device may be fastened to a wall or other support. The top is provided with suitable locking means a. The bottom of the casing is provided with an opening 5 at one end thereof, which extends from one side to the other and an outlet spout'6 is secured to the bottom with its upper end surrounding the opening. This spout is of tapered formation, as shown.

A soap receiving chamber 7 is formed in the case by means of the partition plates 8 having their flanges secured to the bottom and end of the case. The upper edges of these plates may be connected together by the transverse strip 9. These plates extend to the edge of the opening 5.

10 is a screw threaded shaft passing through the case parallel with and adjacent to the innermost plate 8. The inner end of said shaft is suitably journaled to one end of the case as at 11 and its other end passes through the other end of the case and is provided with a crank12, which is located outside of the case. A nut 13 engages the screw threads of said shaft and a feeding member 14 has its arm 15 suitably clamped to said nut. The arm 15 passes through a slot 16 in the inner plate 8, so that the member 14: is located within the chamber 7 A perforated disk 17 is secured to the shaft, and this disk has its lower portion extending through the opening 5 into the upper part of the spout. The disk is so positioned on the shaft by means of the collar 18 that its inner face is adjacent the inner edge of the slot 5 and the ends of the partition plates. The perforations in the disk are formed at an angle so as to provide small cutting edges 19 which will act to shave the particles from the cake of soap and such particles will pass through the spout and will drop from its lower end.

The crank is turned to cause'the nut to move the feeding member to the rear end of the soap chamber. The cake of soap, in cheated by the reference numeral 20, is then placed in the chamber and then the crank is turned in an opposite direction to cause the feeding member to push the cake against the disk. Upon the continued rotation of the crank the cutting teeth on the disk will scrape the cake so that the soap will be delivered from the spout in the form of powder.

In this way, the soap is not wasted by being dissolved in'the water, and the entire cake is used. By locking the case all danger of disease being transmitted from the common use of the cake is avoided, as the cake is not touched by the hands.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

W hat I claim as my invention A soap dispenser comprising a casing, i11- cluding side walls and a bottom wall having an opening, a pair of flanged partition plates. arranged within and lengthwise of the casing and in spaced parallelism, the

flanges of said plates having connection the casing, and projecting over the opening in the bottom Wall and thence through and beyond the opposite side walls of the casing, a not on said shaft, one of said plates having a slot therein, a follower, an arm connected with the follower and projecting laterally through the slot of the latter mentioned plate, and a cutting disk located on the portion of the shaft extending over the open1ng.

In testlmony whereof I affiX my signature.

ADOLPH ASEL. 

